Nissan’s fuel-cell SUV

Nissa Terra Concept

Nissan will unveil its new Terra fuel-cell electric SUV concept at the Paris motor show later this month.

The Japanese brand’s latest concept appears to take inspiration from the Juke compact crossover, although no information about the new concept car has been revealed by the company aside from the large decals on the doors of the car that confirm it is a fuel-cell powered car.

Inside, the four-seat cabin has a stunning, brown-on-brown boat-like wood-lined interior with a large dash-mounted screen that acts as the car’s instrument cluster and control panel.

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The Terra could offer a glimpse into how the brand’s SUVs will look in the coming years. Blog site Carscoop reports the car may hint at a replacement for the xTerra SUV which is sold in the US and is due to be re-skinned in 2013, while other sites suggest a heavily revised Juke will be launched late in 2013, and this concept could give some indication of how that car may look.

5 comments so far

Can I buy a *pretty* one?

Ian - completely over "brutalism" as a design ethic.

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Ian

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September 12, 2012, 1:07PM

What a waste of space Nissan. You claim it has a fuel cell drivetrain yet no details are given. This is no more than a design excercise with the details just made up on the spot in order to get a headline. Production date: Never.

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GPW

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September 12, 2012, 1:23PM

Wake up nissan, wake up... this is the beginning of the end. Faultering carmakers start churning out rubbish and then 18 months later out come the figures, the mergers, the takeover bids, the guvvo bailouts. Don't be that carmaker. Start with the basics: a small car that holds a candle to, I don't know, anything else in the segment. Get yourself a hero car; a small rear wheel drive turbo priced within cooee of the 86/BRZ should suffice. Stop wasting resources on this irrelevant technobarge GTR/Juke/that-thing-in-the-picture-above rubbish. And employ a design lead who can style a car! The new Almera, OMG, what were you thinking. As the Micra has shown, build it and they will come.

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addy

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perth

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September 12, 2012, 3:32PM

Wow addy, you really have no idea.

Nissan has a hero car - they call it Godzilla or the R35 GTR. Get a clue. In what world is the 86/brz a HERO car???

On top of that, Nissan style their cars to be quirky and out of the box for a reason, they have a very specific niech market to which they cater. The Juke R sold for a quarter mil to some lucky chaps in the middle east. As soon as word was out they were being built, they sold out.

The above image is created in order to make people look at it and have an opinion. There is little chance it would be produced in such a manner if at all.

Nissan are growing year upon year, cars like the juke and dualis are commonplace in markets all over the world.

-End rant-

Rayo

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Rayo

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Syd

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September 13, 2012, 3:12PM

addy I concur. Fugly and Rayo if it sells in the Middle East will be petrol only (V8?)Nissan is trying very hard to be completely irrelevant.Please Drive give us info on the fuel cell drivetrain not just a design concept from Nissan.